John Terry: Fans showed loyalty to Jose Mourinho... but Guus Hiddink will take us forward

The Spanish star confessed their last performances for ex-boss Jose Mourinho have been shocking.

Mourinho blasted Chelsea's stars for "betraying" him after the 2-1 loss at Leicester a week ago, which spelled the end for him.

He was axed by owner Roman Abramovich three days later and angry fans turned on the players at Stamford Bridge on Saturday during their 3-1 home victory over Sunderland.

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“The fans showed the loyalty they have for Jose Mourinho”

John Terry

Supporters sang 'where were you when we were s**t', even after Pedro had put them two goals up.

One fan held a banner branding Eden Hazard, Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa as the '3 Rats' who she, and many others, believed had helped seal Mourinho's fate.

Fabregas and Costa were booed when they were substituted while Hazard avoided the hate mob due to injury.

"That game was horrible for us," said Pedro of the defeat at the King Power Stadium that finally did for Mourinho in his second spell at the club.

"Leicester played well. For us it was a very s**t game."

Skipper John Terry reckons the supporters were within their rights to have a go at the players following the departure last Thursday of Mourinho, whose name was chanted throughout Saturday's game.

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GOAL ACE: Pedro

"The fans showed the loyalty they have for Jose Mourinho," he said.

"The memories he has brought to this club from 2004 and 2005 and last year, the fans will never forget that.

"There is obviously disappointment from a lot of them and rightly so because of what he has achieved at the club. We had to stand up and be counted and we did that.

"For Chelsea, being the big club we are, it is unacceptable for us to be in this position. The manager has lost his job because of that.

"It's been a tough few days.

"I'm obviously gutted the manager has gone, we as players feel responsible for that.

"Unfortunately the manager's head is on the block, he loses his job and collectively we have to take responsibility for that, which we have done."

Dutchman Guus Hiddink was appointed boss until the end of the season on Saturday.

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BOSS: Guus Hiddink

Now Terry says it's time for Chelsea to put 'The Special One' behind them.

Branislav Ivanovic, Pedro and an Oscar penalty brought the Blues a much needed win and Terry believes a top four finish is now a possibility, despite being 11 points off it at the moment.

"From the first-half performance, who knows," he said.

"It is going to be difficult to win every game we know that. But if we can go on a good run and climb the table over Christmas, then who knows.

"It's down to Guus to come in and pick us up. What he will bring is a hunger to the squad, a lot of passion and a lot of fire.

"I've seen it before that he can come in and shake things up in a positive way and move forward. That's why the club has made this decision."

Sunderland boss Sam Allardyce - whose team scored a consolation through Fabio Borini - sounded like he would have liked to have said his team betrayed him too.

"We gifted Chelsea the opportunity to be very good," he said.

"We encouraged them so much it was mind-boggling for me to see my players play with what looked like so much fear and so much worry about the opposition that they could hardly put one foot in front of the others.

"At least we got better when we changed the system and put the subs on but by that time it was too late."